3 Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
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Proverbs 31
World English Bible, Catholic Edition, Verse 3
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 31:3. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Westminster Leningrad Codex
Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain
Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן לַנָּשִׁ֣ים חֵילֶ֑ךָ וּ֝דְרָכֶ֗יךָ לַֽמְח֥וֹת מְלָכִֽין׃
7 word entries
תִּתֵּ֣ן
לַנָּשִׁ֣ים
חֵילֶ֑ךָ
וּ֝דְרָכֶ֗יךָ
לַֽמְח֥וֹת
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament
Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܠܐ ܬܬܠ ܚܝܠܟ ܠܢܫ̈ܐ ܘܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܟ ܠܡܐ̈ܟܠܬܐ ܕܡ̈ܠܟܐ
7 word entries
ܠܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܠܐ
- Transliteration
- la
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 2566
ܬܬܠ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܬܬܠ
- Transliteration
- ttl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 25
ܚܝܠܟ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܚܝܠܟ
- Transliteration
- hylk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 11
ܠܢܫ̈ܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܢܫܐ
- Transliteration
- lnsh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 10
ܘܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܟ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܐܘܪܚܬܟ
- Transliteration
- w'wrhtk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܠܡܐ̈ܟܠܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܡܐܟܠܬܐ
- Transliteration
- lm'klt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܕܡ̈ܠܟܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܡܠܟܐ
- Transliteration
- dmlk'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 458
Targumim on Prophets and Writings
Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain
Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.
Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.
לָא תִתֵּן לִנְשֵׁי חֵילָךְ וְאָרְחָתָךְ לִבְנַת מַלְכִין׃
7 word entries
לָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- לא
- Transliteration
- l'
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 2611
תִתֵּן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תתן
- Transliteration
- ttn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 34
לִנְשֵׁי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נשי
- Transliteration
- lnshy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 11
חֵילָךְ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חילך
- Transliteration
- chylk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 10
וְאָרְחָתָךְ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ארחתך
- Transliteration
- w'rchtk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 10
לִבְנַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- בנת
- Transliteration
- lbnt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 35
מַלְכִין׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לכין
- Transliteration
- mlkyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 37
Latin Vulgate Clementine
Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Ne dederis mulieribus substantiam tuam, et divitias tuas ad delendos reges.
11 word entries
ne
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ne
- Transliteration
- ne
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1109
dederis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- do
- Transliteration
- dederis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2116
mulieribus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mulier
- Transliteration
- mulieribus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 534
substantiam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- substantia
- Transliteration
- substantiam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 92
tuam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tuus
- Transliteration
- tuam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5615
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
vias
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uia
- Transliteration
- vias
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 853
tuas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tuus
- Transliteration
- tuas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5615
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
delendos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- deleo
- Transliteration
- delendos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 150
reges
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- reges
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
Spirit Nation Greek LXX Alignment Note
English · Greek Septuagint Structure · Spirit Nation Editorial Note
Coverage: Source-structure exceptions
Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.
Editorial alignment note: The Greek Septuagint tradition often follows different ordering, grouping, or book structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings." This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.
Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.
These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.
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Greek LXX
alternate structure
This Greek source uses tradition-specific ordering or verse grouping here. The closest one-to-one panel is not currently attached for this exact reference.
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Deuteronomy 17:17
He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
13 relevance votesNehemiah 13:26
Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.
10 relevance votes1 Kings 11:1
Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites,
5 relevance votesHosea 4:11
Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
4 relevance votes